Презентация на тему The United States of America

middle of the North American continent. The area of

the USA is over nine million square kilometres. It’s population is more than 260 million people. In the north the USA is bordered by Canada, and in the south it borders on Mexico.It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the East and by the Pacific Ocean in the West.

The country is rich in coal, oil, iron, and

minerals. The United States economy is highly developed. The United States is one of the leading countries in the world economy. The people of the United States are a mixture of many different nationalities.

is 2,959,064 square miles

Atlantic Ocean, by the Caribbean Sea and The Gulf

of Mexico

geographic variety, includes most climate types.

continental in the north to humid subtropical in the

south. The southern tip of Florida is tropical, as is Hawaii. The Great Plains west of the 100th meridian are semi-arid. Much of the Western mountains are alpine. The climate is arid in the Great Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal California, and oceanic in coastal Oregon and Washington and southern Alaska. Most of Alaska is subarctic or polar.

Gulf of Mexico are prone to hurricanes, and most

of the world's tornadoes occur within the country, mainly in the Midwest's Tornado Alley.

other federally managed parks, forests, and wilderness areas. Most

of this is protected, though some is leased for oil and gas drilling, mining, logging, or cattle ranching.

the gulf of Mexico.
The Colorado river rises in the

Rocky Mountains.

to the south of the country.

from north to south.

Canyon over millions of years.